A great historian can make clear the connections between the first Homo sapiens and todays version of the species, and a great storyteller can make those connections come alive. David Christian is both, and This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity makes the journeyfrom the earliest foraging era to our own modern eraa fascinating one. Enter This Fleeting World--and give up the preconception that anything old is boring.
A great historian can make clear the connections between the first Homo sapiens and todays version of the species, and a great storyteller can make those connections come alive. David Christian is both, and This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity makes the journeyfrom the earliest foraging era to our own modern eraa fascinating one. Enter This Fleeting World--and give up the preconception that anything old is boring.